Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-19
ANOTHER BURGLARY.
Edward Meyer Arrested in Va
cant House he had Entered.
HOW he was Captured More About
the Highwaymen---O Other Arrests
and Police Cases.


door, and now owned by Dr. G. L. Eys
ter, who, however, has not yet moved in,
Watching the house, MI. Buford disc0y
cred light moving about, and tele
phoned the police Deputy Marshal Lid
ders and Officer Cary proceeded immedi>
ately to the premises. and upon
investigation, it was found that the din
ing room door had been battered in, the
bolts broken and upon the floors were
found lots of matches. The officers
searched the lower floor and then went
up stars, and crouched down in small
closet, they fou'd Edward Meyer. d man
who has been in the city for some time
stopping at the Commercial house and
afterward at the Fourth Avenue hotel,
and giving bis occupation as that of a
picture frame agent. He was taken to
| the police station and this morning Mag
lstrate Bennett sent him to Jail in default
of bail of $500
Meyers probably noticed that there
was no light in the house and supposIDg
the occupants were away from home,
thought it good opportunity for a raid,
THE HIGHwAYMEN.
Late yesterday afternoon Officer Nee
nan made valuable discovery in the
yards of the Rock Island Lumber compa-
ny. Under pile of lumber he found the
| plumber not only of the highway robbers,
but of the recent burglarIes, showing that
the persons guilty of one crime arc
| guilty of the other. Officer Meenan re-
covered the sllverware stolen from Mr.
| Listens house Tuesday night the watch
taken from Theodore Dueck, two other
| watches and other smaller articles
Search is being instituted today for The
remainder of the stolen property. The
young man whom the self-confessed
footpad Schaele gave away as connected
with him in the highway robberics, has
not yet been captured. He is well known
in the city and the police believe either
that he is hiding in the upper mill yards
or has fled from the city.
Ii now appears that the thnd victim Of
| Tuesday nights highway robberies. " hos,
name The police were unable to obtain
was none other than DR.. Otto Grotjan
the Second avenue druggist. He wa:
walking homeward about l / o'clock ant
had reached the middle of the block be
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets on Sec
ond avenue. when three men crossed
from the north side of the street. DR.
GrotJan noticed the strangers but paiC
no attention to them. They stopped o.
the sidewalk in front of him, separatin
for him to pass through and just as b
got opposite them, one seized him by tn
throat 1t was the doctors first expert
ence of that kind and the first though
that crossed his mind was that some O
his friends We're playing practical jok
upon him and he was inclined to take
rather good naturedly, but when he re
ceived stunning blow on the head an
then another, the aspect of the situatio
changed and the doctor made up hi
mind that he WAS in the hands of bandit
aud throwing up his arms he broke ava
from his assailants. at the same tim
striking one with his cane and the
screamed murder with all his might
The villains stopped for a moment as
to renew the attack, but the doctor Wa
ready for them, and they scattered. TIL
police Immediately, but the adventui
was so new and novel to him that he di
not think about it at the tim,
Contrary to his usual custom, he had con
siderable money and two gold watches o
his person al the time, as it was pay da
on the c., r l. & P, and he had draw
considerable from the bank in order
oblige the ''boys" and have some le
after banking hours.
HEAVY FINE.
Maj. Beardsley succeeded in bavir
the charge of assault to rape against \
Bowlby Withdrawn at Gable yesterda
but Justice Brown fined the defendal
$50 and costs for being "too familia
j with little girls Constable HAYS a
companied Bowlby to Rock Island la
; night to give him a chance to raise Il
amount.
POLICE POINTS.
John Crane, of Chicago, was sent u
for fifteen days for vagrancy.
John Meisner was fined IS and cost
Magistrate Bennett this morning for a
saulting Michael Fluegal.
Frank Murray was up this morning f.
his usual offense common drunk.
was sent down for fifteen days to sob
, up.
0 A tramp was arrested down among Il
I trees below the c., B. & Q depot by on
Ger Fender this morning but he prove
4 to be only poor harmless printer, al
6 was released.
Officer Mulgueen arrested Boss Gordo
r a gentleman of color this morning, f
peddling a mysterious pocketbook of h
0 own design without license. He W
fined So and costs, but the fine was SUI
pended and the prisoner released on pa
ment of costs.
Three Italians who play instrumen
similar to the Scottish bag pipe, got in
a fight over melon in the rear of Teg
ler's block, on Third avenue and Eigh
eenth street this morning, and but f
q the timely interference of Marshal Bre
J, nan and Officer Cary. blood would ha
J, been shed. One of the number was a
:, rested for iptoxication, and the 9th